Monday, March 11, 2024

New portable ops logger

 Saw this on Facebook this morning.


There's been some contention in POTA circles lately as park designators are changing.  For instance, parks in Canada have gone from VE-XXXX to CA-XXXX. If I'm not mistaken, the parks un the USA are going to be changing to US-XXXX from what I've read. (Again, I may be mistaken.) 

The logging program that's been the rage for POTA and SOTA and other portable ops fans has been HAMRS. It seems, from what I've read, that there's been some difficulty and confusion as the app doesn't recognize the change in park designators, which is a real pain when you want to upload your logs. However, HAMRS was developed and is being maintained by a person, not a company or an organization - so updates and fixes may or may not occur. It depends on the author's time and availability, and as any volunteer can tell you, time is a most precious and sometimes limited resource.

The YouTube video above introduces POLO, which is not available for download yet, but is in the Beta testing stage. The video provides a link where you can go to download and become part of the Beta testing team. According to the opening moments of the video, POLO will be available for iOS and Android.

72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!

1 comment:

  1. Anonymous7:05 AM

    The acronym doesn't roll from the tongue as easily - But what say you mention WWFF too?

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